NEW YORK -- Top elected officials from New Jersey and New York, including Gov. Jon Corzine, are meeting with the developer of the World Trade Center site in hopes of resolving an impasse over who will pay for new office towers there.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for today's meeting with developer Larry Silverstein. In addition to Bloomberg, Corzine and Silverstein, participants include New York Gov. David Paterson, New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the land.

Mark Lennihan/The Associated PressA construction crane works above the foundations of World Trade Center Tower 4 in New York. Tower 4 and two additional towers at the site are being developed by Silverstein Properties.

Silverstein has had a hard time finding financing for new office towers in a poor real estate market and wants the port to back at least two of the new buildings.